“Season of Loss” was written in early 2016, after I read the phrase in an article discussing the death of David Bowie and other celebrities that year. I’d gone through some personal loss as well, and it was the usual grey Seattle late winter weather, so the phrase struck a chord in me. The result? This song. Despite the references to greyness and loss, it’s one of the most cheerful-sounding songs I’ve written, and probably my favorite chorus.
Season of Loss spring feels so far away right now it’s grey and every day I miss your smile I try to find the joy it’s just a ploy without the boy and is the wait worthwhile? I’m going nowhere fast this cannot last it’s just our past that blocks the way Somehow I still have hope that’s how I cope a clichéd trope makes sense to me today [chorus] In this season of loss Can I fathom the cost of maintaining belief in your love? I’m too stubborn to think you’d be gone in a blink when we had the faith that we had or was that love between us a strength we could believe or something meager? I’m told it just takes time this uphill climb to the sublime, a new lifestyle spring feels so far away right now it’s grey and every day I miss your smile [chorus] In this season of loss Can I fathom the cost of maintaining belief in your love? I’m too stubborn to think you’d be gone in a blink when we had the faith that we had or was that love between us strength we could believe or something meager? [bridge] I swore I’d believe in you you swore you’d never break my heart again [chorus] In this season of loss Can I fathom the cost of maintaining belief in your love? I’m too stubborn to think you’d be gone in a blink when we had such faith In this season of loss Can I fathom the cost of maintaining belief in your love? I’m too stubborn to think you’d be gone in a blink when we had such faith spring feels so far away right now it’s grey and every day I miss your smile © 2016 Wendi Dunlap (BMI)